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Ancient folklore and modern myth come together in these stories by author Craig Laurance Gidney. Here are found the struggles of a medieval Japanese monk, seduced by a mischievous fairy, and a young slave who finds mystery deep within the briar patch of an antebellum plantation. Gidney offers readers a gay teen obsessed with his patron saint, Lena Horne, and, in the title story, an ailing tourist seeking escape at a distant shore but never reckons on encountering an African sea god. Rich, poetic, dark and disturbing, these are tales not soon forgotten. A finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

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My first collection, SEA, SWALLOW ME & OTHER STORIES (Lethe Press) was released in November 2008. My first YA novel BEREFT (Tiny Satchel Press), was released in February 2013. A new collection of short dark/horror/magical realist fiction, SKIN DEEP MAGIC,, is forthcoming June 2014 from Rebel Satori Press.Free fiction available at Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/user/CraigGidney